Updated On: 08 July, 2023 08:16 AM IST | Bangkok | Agencies
Loosely organised armed PDF groups have sprung up around the country since the military seized power on February 1, 2021

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Myanmar’s military-controlled government has accused pro-democracy fighters of killing 15 civilians in a nighttime mortar attack in a restive central area of the country, charges denied by the guerrilla group.
As per a report on Thursday the so-called People’s Defense Forces attacked the village of Ngwe Twin in the southern part of the Sagaing region at 4 am on Wednesday with handmade mortars, killing 15 people and injuring seven others, including three monks.